Monday, September 12th

Grade 8; #7 Structure of the atom, ions, and isotopes

  1. Pass out Textbooks
  2. Warmup: Find the atomic number for Hydrogen (1), Mercury (80), Osmium (76), Rhodium (45)
  3. The Simplest Matter, Part 2 PowerPoint:

HOMEWORK: N/A
EVALUATION: Vocab Quiz

Tuesday, September 13th

Grade 8; #7 Structure of the atom, ions, and isotopes

  1. Finish The Simplest Matter, Part 2 PowerPoint (Nonmetals, Metalloids):
  2. Compounds and Mixtures:
  3. Pass out flashcards (atomic number, isotopes, mass number, atomic mass, metals, nonmetals, metalloids, substance, compound, mixture)

HOMEWORK: Study for Vocab Quiz!!
EVALUATION: Vocab Quiz

Wednesday, September 14th

Grade 8; #7 Structure of the atom, ions, and isotopes

  1. Vocab Quiz

Thursday, September 15th

Grade 8; #7 Structure of the atom, ions, and isotopes

  1. Pass back Vocab Quizzes
  2. Go over rules of Baseball Review Game
  3. Mr. Farrell "Pitcher" (Question asker) and the "Umpire" (Final Ruling)
  4. Student Teams: Boys versus Girls
  5. We will play until we get through the Study Guide
  6. Girls will "bat" first (answer questions first)
  7. Batting order will be alphabetical for both Boys and Girls
  8. "Batters" get 5 seconds to answer the question correctly INDIVIDUALLY
  9. Each team gets 3 out per inning
  10. If the batting team gets the question wrong the next "batter" for the other team can answer correctly for a "double play"
  11. If the batting team already has two outs and a double play is not required, the same question will be asked to the other team as the lead-off question...
  12. Each question answered correctly counts as a base hit...
  13. IMPORTANT: If someone yells out of turn, gets out of their seat, or is overly disruptive that will count as one out against his/her team
  14. IMPORTANT: If someone is repeatedly disruptive they will be ejected from the game and asked to sit in Miss Lotspeich's room for the remainder of class...
  15. IMPORTANT: If we cannot handle the game we will stop and you will be required to fill out the Study Guide quietly...

HOMEWORK: Study!!!
ASSESSMENT: Chapter Test

Friday, September 16th

Chapter Test